Project Gutenberg 2004-10-10 Public domain in the USA. 228 Warner, Charles Dudley 1829 1900 Being a Boy Produced by David Widger "Being a Boy" by Charles Dudley Warner is a reflective narrative richly focused on the experiences and joys of boyhood, likely written during the late 19th century. The text presents the nostalgic and humorous accounts of farm life, illustrating the simple pleasures and unique challenges faced by boys as they navigate childhood—an era filled with curiosity, chores, and playful adventures. The opening of the work sets a charming tone as it introduces the main ideas around being a boy in pastoral New England. Warner opens by claiming that the best thing in the world is to be a boy, valuing the freedom it entails even amidst the responsibilities of farm chores. The narration draws the reader into scenes of youthful exuberance, such as driving oxen and interacting with farm animals, and reflects candidly on the often humorous complexities of farm life like teaching cows Latin. The early chapters vividly depict the daily chores and distractions that occupy a boy's time, establishing a foundation for exploring both the virtues and follies of youth in the subsequent stories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Autobiographies Country life Boys -- Biography New England CT PS Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 246266 2025-08-02T05:39:16.516991 text/html 243377 2021-01-27T10:43:03 text/html 3687713 2025-08-02T05:39:22.107452 application/epub+zip 3677556 2025-08-02T05:39:17.655973 application/epub+zip 158334 2025-08-02T05:39:16.878979 application/epub+zip 3736758 2025-08-02T05:39:25.941404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3704191 2025-08-02T05:39:20.673981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208863 2022-09-02T07:39:01.340297 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208380 2025-08-02T05:39:16.152975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208351 2021-01-08T16:41:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19449 2025-08-02T05:39:26.125401 application/rdf+xml 14916 2025-08-02T05:39:16.986951 image/jpeg 2855 2025-08-02T05:39:16.931958 image/jpeg 81431 2021-01-08T16:41:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 6800757 2021-01-27T10:43:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 3600568 2025-08-02T05:39:16.635005 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia